Progressive Era Politics as seen through cartoons

Your Task: Work as a group to analyze a political cartoon from the early 1920's

  • Choose one of the cartoons below
  • Create a page on this wiki for your group's answers to the questions below the cartoons
  • Using the Primary Source Analysis Tool, make initial observations and reflections about the cartoon.
  • Do any research you need to answer the questions
    • there are some sources below you may choose to use
    • note the sources you have used on your group's page
  • For extra credit, find another political cartoon from the early 1920's to add to your page
  • Complete your work by [DATE CHANGED ANNUALLY]

The Cartoons

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Lord Robert Cecil: "I trust that after all we may secure at least your qualified support for our League of Nations?"
Warren G. Harding, U.S. President-elect: "Why, what's the matter with ours?"

The Questions

  1. Who is featured in the cartoon? What role did he play in politics of the early 1920's?
  2. What issue or incident does the cartoon reference? Write at least a paragraph explanation.
  3. What commentary is the cartoonist making about the situation?